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Avant le projet d'amenagement du bassin hydraulique de la Grande riviere par le Premier ministre du Quebec, au debut des annees 1970, les Cris de l'est de la Baie James formaient des groupes dissemines sur leur territoire (Salisbury, 1986: A Homeland for the Cree). Le processus de negociation qui a conduit a la signature de la Convention a eu un effet "coagulant" sur les Cris. Ils se sont alors definis une banniere commune et une identite politique propre a favoriser la defense de leurs interets dans la region. Avec le besoin de se demarquer, la nouvelle nation crie a opte pour la mise en valeur de criteres renvoyant a sa definition de la "culture crie".

On constate maintenant au niveau local que certains symboles, plus importants que d'autres, sont mis de l'avant par les Cris pour affirmer une particularite ethnique qui les distingue des Eurocanadiens. Nous allons voir comment l'ethnicite crie, telle que promue par le leadership politique, s'ajuste au concept de population autochtone tel qu'utilise par la Commission des droits de l'Homme des Nations Unies. Il y a en effet adequation entre l'ethnicite crie locale et les criteres en vigueur en droit international. En fait, les revendications autochtones s'effectuent a l'interieur du Droit des peuples a disposer d'eux-memes, ce qui laisse place a la difference en autant que l'integrite territoriale de l'Etat-nation ne soit pas remis en question. Cela confirme l'idee que le nationalisme cri utilise le lexique politique le plus efficace quant aux resultats obtenus, et qu'il est en outre susceptibie de s'adapter aux circonstances pour faire valoir ses droits.

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Before the project to develop the Grande Riviere hydraulic basin by the Prime Minister of Quebec, in the early 1970s, the Crees of eastern James Bay formed groups scattered across their territory (Salisbury, 1986: A Homeland for the Cree). The negotiation process which led to the signing of the Convention had a "coagulating" effect on the Crees. They then defined a common banner and a political identity capable of promoting the defense of their interests in the region. With the need to stand out, the new Cree nation opted to highlight criteria referring to its definition of “Cree culture”.

We now see at the local level that certain symbols, more important than others, are put forward by the Crees to assert an ethnic particularity which distinguishes them from Euro-Canadians. We will see how Cree ethnicity, as promoted by political leadership, fits the concept of indigenous population as used by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. There is in fact a match between local Cree ethnicity and the criteria in force in international law. In fact, indigenous claims are made within the Right of peoples to self-determination, which leaves room for difference as long as the territorial integrity of the nation-state is not called into question. question. This confirms the idea that Cree nationalism uses the most effective political lexicon in terms of the results obtained, and that it is also likely to adapt to circumstances to assert its rights.

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Title
Du local au global: Enu ethnicité à géométrie variable pour les Cris de la Baie James
Author
Francey, Dolores
Publication year
1999
Publisher
ProQuest Dissertations Publishing
ISBN
978-0-612-41902-5
Source type
Dissertation or Thesis
Language of publication
French
ProQuest document ID
304554823
Copyright
Database copyright ProQuest LLC; ProQuest does not claim copyright in the individual underlying works.